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| The challenges of joint attention |
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Kaplan, F. and Hafner, V.V. (2006) The challenges of joint attention, Interaction Studies, 7 (2): 135-169 |
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| This article discusses the concept of joint attention and the different
skills underlying its development. Research in developmental psychology
clearly states that the development of skills to understand, manipulate
and coordinate attentional behavior plays a pivotal role for imitation,
social cognition and the development of language. However, beside the
fact that joint attention has recently received an increasing interest
in the robotics community, existing models concentrate only on partial
and isolated elements of these phenomena. In the line of Tomasello’s
research, we argue that joint attention is much more than simultaneous
looking because it implies a shared intentional relation to the world.
This requires skills for attention detection, attention manipulation,
social coordination and, most importantly, intentional understanding.
After defining joint attention and its challenges, the current
state-of-the-art of robotic and computational models relevant for this
issue is discussed in relation to a developmental timeline drawn from
results in child studies. From this survey, we identify open issues and
challenges that still need to be addressed to understand the
development of the various aspects of joint attention and conclude with
the potential contribution of robotic models. |
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